The UN Special Envoy for Syria held discussions with US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, and her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on a creative solution for Syria that may involve ousting President Assad.

A judge in New Zealand has ordered the local intelligence agency to release details about the other international agencies in the Echelon ring it shared information with regarding the surveillance of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom.

The Syrian conflict is spreading to Lebanon where violence has broken out between supporters of both sides. Ban-Ki Moon has meanwhile rejected the possibility of impunity for Assad or anyone else involved in human rights violations.

July 24, 2015Recent International Legal Scholarship on the Crisis in Ukraine
As the fighting in Ukraine continues into its second year, recent reports have variously focused on the promise of a weapons withdrawal and the risk that there is the opening of a new front opening. Recent international legal scholarship has attempte...